A jackal devoured a child in Belgachhi VDC of Mahottari district on Sunday night.

The jackal devoured the one-and-a-half year old daughter of Pramod Kumar Yadav of Belgachhi- 1, the Area Police Office, Gaushala told state-owned news agency RSS.

The girl child Roshni Kumari Yadav was snatched away by the jackal while she was playing near the sugarcane farm near the house on Saturday evening and was found dead at Soni River, west of the village this morning, said Inspector Jaya Narayan Yadav. Police said all her body, legs and hands were eaten up. nepalnews.com